ROLAND Nilsson last night took a giant step towards securing his managerial future by masterminding his third win since taking charge of Coventry City....

ROLAND Nilsson last night took a giant step towards securing his managerial future by masterminding his third win since taking charge of Coventry City.

A thrilling 4-3 victory over Manchester City maintained the Sky Blue revival launched when Nilsson stepped in to replace Gordon Strachan.

But the caretaker boss remains cool about his position - and is determined to enjoy the success he is having for however long it lasts.

"I spoke to the chairman afterwards and he was very pleased with me, the performance and the result," revealed the Swede.

"But it is still too early to say whether the job will be long term. It is a big decision for me and the club and we will know more in a few weeks time.

"The main thing about the game was that I wanted us to win a home game, and I think the match was perfect for the fans. It was one of those where we got excited when we scored a goal and then conceded one and thought 'oh no, not again' and that happened three times.

"But we kept on going to the end and got the winning goal - and hopefully we have got the fans back on our side again."

The transformation under Nilsson and his management team has been remarkable with three wins in less than two weeks since Strachan's departure moving them out of the bottom half of the Division Two table to 10th place in the league.

And asked what the secret has been, Nilsson said: "The players now have confidence and belief in what they are doing. You can see it in their faces and in the body shape.

"They are back smiling again and holding their heads high. I can see it on the pitch and even in training.

"We still need to work on a couple of things because some of the goals we conceded were a bit sloppy, but we are all very pleased with the win because we knew that it was going to be a tough game.

"Everyone worked very hard and the goals finally came. It has been very annoying that we have created so many chances in games and not scored too many, but we looked great going forward and if we can keep that up I will be happy."

Among the players he picked out for praise were two of the night's goal-scorers, Lee Hughes and Mo Konjic.

"I am so pleased for Lee that he has finally scored another goal," he said. "He has wanted that so much and hopefully that will lift a great deal of pressure off his shoulders.

"Mo also scored a very brave goal and had a tremendous game for us both at the back and going forward."